There were many people registering at the school gate.
Or perhaps it would be more appropriate to describe it in a few different sentences.
Many villagers stayed behind in Paishitou Village.
Many villagers are struggling to make ends meet.
Many more villagers disregard family planning policies.
The family planning policy was particularly strict in 1992.
But for the people of the village where the stones are pounded, what is family planning?
What? You're saying I can't have children?
Are you kidding me!
How can you turn your life around if you don't have children!
If I don't have children, what else can I do?
Our ancestors valued carrying on the family line, a tradition passed down from the previous generation. Simply relying on family planning alone cannot change people's mindsets.
In later generations, people were unwilling to have children, partly because the cost of raising children was simply too high.
Secondly, most women have been exposed to the so-called "women's liberation" and have become independent in thought and body, but not economically. They are dependent on their husbands, but the children they give birth to are not their husbands'.
Third, the social ladder is severely rigid, making it much more difficult for ordinary people to start their own businesses than it was decades ago.
But in this day and age, especially in rural areas, people feel like they have no children if they don't have three or four.
Moreover, one of these three or four must be a son; if there is no son, then they must keep having children until they have a son.
Lin Yifeng has two siblings, which is considered a small number for a family like the one in Shitou Village.
My second uncle's family has five children, and my fourth uncle's family has four children. After a year of hard work, it's already a miracle if the whole family can have enough to eat and wear.
Paishitou Village has fewer than 30 households, but at least 60 or 70 children are able to attend primary school.
Deterrence plus threat.
Wooing and suppressing.
With just a few simple words, Lin Yifeng had already gained some prestige in Paishi Village.
A long line formed in front of the dilapidated school. Lin Yifeng, Xu Qingyi, and Gangzi were in charge of keeping order, while Bai Yejin and Zhou Xuelan were in charge of registering student information.
As for Teacher Chen Mu...
He was in charge of translation.
Unlike Fujian and Fujian provinces, in the Central Plains region, there is almost no situation where different dialects are spoken in the surrounding villages.
But shooting in Stone Village is a little bit special.
Because their dialect is closer to that of Shanxi Province than to the Central Plains Province.
Bai Yejin and Zhou Xuelan can understand most of the villagers' language, but they still need Teacher Chen Mu to translate a small portion of it.
The registration period lasted for more than two hours. When the last villager finished registering with his child, Bai Yejin and Zhou Xuelan couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
It wasn't the heat, but the physical fatigue.
It's not that I'm tired, it's that I'm mentally exhausted.
The villagers of Paishi Village have too many problems, and most of them are not well-educated, making it difficult to explain.
Fortunately, Lin Yifeng had instructed Bai Yejin and Zhou Xuelan before he arrived that if they encountered someone who couldn't be explained clearly, they should tell them whether they wanted a spot or not. If they wanted a spot, they should not linger here; if they didn't, they should leave!
This statement is very powerful; as soon as it is uttered, the villagers will immediately bow and leave!
"Lin Yifeng!"
"We're probably going to be very busy next semester!"
Bai Yejin had a few beads of sweat on her forehead, but she didn't bother to wipe them away. She handed a small notebook to Lin Yifeng.
The neat handwriting was dense and numerous. Lin Yifeng flipped the page directly and looked at the final statistics in the notebook.
"A total of 53 students have registered, including 17 in the first grade, 6 in the second grade, 14 in the third grade, 9 in the fourth grade, and 7 in the fifth grade."
"More than 50 people signed up on the first day?"
Lin Yifeng was slightly surprised, because none of the people who signed up were his family members.
In other words, there is no second brother Lin Chongfeng, and no third brother Lin Xiuxiu.
And the five children of my second uncle's family and the four children of my fourth uncle's family.
If you include them, there are a total of 64 students who have signed up!
In other words...
On the first day of registration, 90% of the villagers in Paishi Village brought their children.
Looking at the statistics in his notebook, Lin Yifeng rubbed his slightly numb face: "It seems that our enrollment results are quite good so far. There are still three days left for enrollment. I estimate that our school's first batch of students will have about seventy students."
"A fantastic start!"
More than seventy students receive over 1,500 yuan in scholarships each month.
For others, 1500 a month is probably an astronomical figure.
But for Lam Yat-fung...
Wallace's daily net profit from just one store is more than 1,500!
Even if you add in some miscellaneous fees later.
A monthly expenditure of 2000 yuan is the maximum!
With an expenditure of 2,000 yuan per month, more than seventy students can attend school!
For Lin Yifeng, this was simply the best opportunity to accumulate merit.
"Teacher Chen!"
Lin Yifeng held the notebook and looked at Chen Mu.
"Could you please help me these next few days to compile a list of the registered students, identifying those who have received formal education and those who have never attended school?"
"If most students have never been to school, then the student grade level statistics are useless."
Today's enrollment statistics are the most preliminary ones.
It involves simple grade-level classification based on students' age.
In fact, many students in Paishitou Village have never been to school. If an eight or nine-year-old student who has never been to school is suddenly put into fourth or fifth grade, they will definitely not be able to understand it.
"Xiaofeng, don't worry, leave this to me. In two days at most, I'll have compiled all the information you need!"
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